Kites rise highest against the wind – not with it.

Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

When fate hands you a lemon, make lemonade.

In 1995, I was diagnosed with cancer, and I had to practice what I preached. I had always said to ‚believe in God‘ and ‚don’t give up‘ to little kids who had been diagnosed with cancer. I then thought if I can’t call on that same God and same strength that I told people about, I would be a liar and a phony.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

Your attitude towards failure determines your altitude after failure.

Now, as a nation, we don’t promise equal outcomes, but we were founded on the idea everybody should have an equal opportunity to succeed. No matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from, you can make it. That’s an essential promise of America. Where you start should not determine where you end up.

It confuses me and disappoints me when somebody says, ‚What does he do? What does he do?‘ My records are some of the biggest anthems ever. What do you think, they magically just appear? Obama walked out to my record.

The worst part of success is, to me, adapting to it. It’s scary.

If you have the ability to pick yourself up by the bootstraps and start over, you come out stronger because you learn from whatever mistakes you made.

Because a thing seems difficult for you, do not think it impossible for anyone to accomplish.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

All I ever wanted to do with my life was own a little house. I did that way back with ‚Rocky,‘ so now everything I do is just icing on the cake.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

I look at where I’m at today and realize that most of my success is owed to the mentors that was in my life.

Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.

I’ve never thought about any kind of prejudice about women in country music because I never felt like it affected me. I was fortunate enough to come about in a time when I didn’t feel that kind of energy at all, and it was always my theory that if you want to play in the same ballgame as the boys, you’ve got to work as hard as them.

Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

I worked out early on to give up things I couldn’t do well at all.

Prospering just doesn’t have to do with money.

I believed in God when cancer come to me. Now when I speak, I speak with authority because I’ve been there.

I can tell you from experience that God’s help and presence in our lives is vital. He is the Author of all true success and everything that is good-without Him, we can do nothing of true value.

Really, you don’t lose until you stop trying.

I came up from a difficult background.

It was such a leap in my career when ‚Truman Show‘ came along. It’s always been a long process for me insofar as recognition goes, but that’s OK because you appreciate it when it comes.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

If you want to achieve something, you build the basis for it.

All successful people men and women are big dreamers. They imagine what their future could be, ideal in every respect, and then they work every day toward their distant vision, that goal or purpose.

You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

At one point he decided enough was enough.

Obedience brings success; exact obedience brings miracles.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

I’ve never wanted to use my age as a gimmick, as something that would get me ahead of other people. I’ve wanted the music to do that.

I’ve never gone into business to make money. Every Virgin product and service has been made into a reality to make a positive difference in people’s lives. And by focusing on the happiness of our customers, we have been able to build a successful group of companies.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!

I got the stern end of the stick. It was kind of that iron fist. I am who I am today because of my mother.

Of course it would be nice for everybody and myself if we could win but we can still have a personal or a team win if we achieve a target that is effectively a win for us.

Neither should a ship rely on one small anchor, nor should life rest on a single hope.

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

When you tell a recruiter that you’re almost 300 pounds and you want to be a SEAL, it doesn’t go too well. I got hung up on a lot.

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.

As your career grows, the list of things that makes you happy should not become smaller, it should become bigger.

I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had negotiated the final release of the hostages.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago?

I probably wouldn’t have made it this far if I were a refugee.

I struggled with being a broke college graduate, and while all my friends were getting career jobs, I was working horrible part-time jobs. That’s why now, even when I get tired, I think, ‚This is what I asked for.‘

Opera happens because a large number of things amazingly fail to go wrong.

Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

Even the best and biggest teams in the world do not reach finals of tournaments.

It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.

The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.

I’m different than most people. When I cross the finish line of a big race, I see that people are ecstatic, but I’m thinking about what I’m going to do tomorrow. It’s as if my journey is everlasting, and there is no finish line.